García Gómez still missing, Mexican govt. stalls inquiry
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Send to: 3435 Army St., Rm. 308, San Francisco, CA 94110 José Ramón García Gómez, a leader of the Mexican Revolutionary Workers Party (PRT) is still missing. He was kidnapped outside his home in the town of Cuautla, Morelos, on Dec. 16. Despite a massive international campaign to secure his "reappearance," the Mexican government continues to deny knowledge of his whereabouts.
García Gómez's wife, Ana Santander, wntes in a letter dated Feb. 13 that the government commission constituted to find an "immediate solution" to his case has deliberately refused to fulfill its functions. She writes:
"The Minister of the Interior has refused to investigate the origins and owners of the white Fairmont and Volkswagen automobiles, which had no plates, or the identities of the security agents stationed in these cars.
[Note: Before he was kidnapped, these cars had been stationed in front on García Gómez's house the entire day. Neighbors testified that two security agents knocked on their homes to ask questions about García Gómez's political views and daily habits.] an Issue ...
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"We made photos available to the police, taken by neighbors, of the state security agents parked in front of our house. The police refuse to enlarge these photos and to compare them with the archive files of all the state security officers....
"The Minister of the Interior refuses to investigate the identity of the security agent who questioned PRT member Francisco Zagal, intimidating him and seeking to make him confess that he, Zagal, had kidnapped García Gómez. This agent said that if he didn't confess, he would do to him what he had done to García Gómez....
"This is why I am determined to continue the struggle for the 'reappearance' of my husband. I'd like to call on all political, tradeunion, and democratic-rights organizations in Mexico and throughout the world to join me in this fight and to support the "International Forum For Life and Against Repression," which will be held in Cuautla, Morelos, on Feb. 25-26.
"I'd also like to past 58 days, thank everyone who, for has solidarized with the
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